Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-10
ZYNoTIC DISEASES.

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liquid fire.
| ZYMOTIC Disc Asses.
The blood just as any other part of the
body, will decay if separated from the
body. and if any putrid matter gets into
it then il i liable To undergo decOmposi-
tion. which DESTROYS its property of carry
ing the nutritiNe products prepared by di-
geStion to the tissues. The term blood
poison, il will he seen, is quite compre
hrn>ive term. Ina all diseases which are
blood diseases" 80 called, or Aymotic
dl>ra>rS. the blood is poisoned. that is, ii
contains morbid elements which. beiyg
distributed 10y the blood 10 all parts of tNe
body, cause the disease to be maintained.
Rheumatism il due to the rreseuCe i'll
/ the blood Of an excess ui ONalate of lime.
JauudICr j. uCCasiuued by lille i'll the
! blood. staining the tissues yellow. IRE
! mis- j. uric acid in the blood. and So Oh
throughout the list. Now. in all these
diseases, the blood may be said 10 lie
| pUiSuned. Typhoid fever. small puN,
| cholera, typhus fever, CHAMBERS IN lower
animals, hydrupN0bia, diphrheria, all
! have the blood poisoned by the peculiar
virus ut the disorder. Although these are
all of theT true blood poisoning, the term
~ generally understood is applied 10
putrid matter entering the Circulation
from a wound. This occurs from all
kinds Gf wounds, both from accidental
injury and wounds male by the surgeon
III operation.
surgeons recognize two FORMS called by
them pyamia and septi@Tma. Both
forms OF the disease are caused by the en-
trance into ,he blood of poisonous ma
tcriai, resulting from putrcfaction in
wound There has been much discussion
aud numerous experiments on animals i'll
an cndelynr To lind how the poisonous
product gained access 10 the circulation.
and it i now generally believed that il
enters the divided ends of the vessels AT
the wound; that in pyrnia the vessels
ulCerate at the point where the wound is,
and that small pieces of the liberated ma
tcrial break off and are carried along with
the stream of blood until they reach some
point, a. the lungs or liver. where the
vessels are ST. small thar these pieces, or
emhnll. as they are called, can not pass
through. They lodge here. and are the
starting point for internal abscesSeS. ln
death from Pyrmia examination Of the
body shows numerous abscesSes through
out the entire body, the heart and even
the brain not escaping. PyTmia com
muuly results from a ~uppurating wound,
aud rarely manife~t> itself until the. end
OF the second week after the injury was
received while ~epticsmia sets i'll within
A. hours of the receipt nt the injury.
TIE PRESENCE OF Pts.
IL is now well known that the presence
Of pus in a wound il due Ia y small organ
ism which is i'll the atmosphere. and which,
entering the wound. multipiies and causes
the suppcratiou TO commence. In the
present day since the discovery of This |
fact care is taken hy surgeons To get pure |
air during All operation, and 10 Use solu- |
tiunS which at once destroy these organ |
isms if they should come in contact with |
the wound And when such precautions |
are used the most extensive operations |
frequently heal without the formation of !
a drop of pus. putting the chance of blood |
poisoning ont Of the question.
BY far the largest number of eases of
blood poisoning which come Ia the notice
of the public are fhoS. in which the victim
is physician who has slightly wounded
himself in di>Secting or holding a post
murtrm examination. II would seem that
the greatest danger would DE III working
with body in which decomposition was
advanced considerably; but the fact is
made while examining a body soon after
death. and the danger of poisoning lessons
a. decomposition advances Thus il is
that physicians are frequently the subject
OF this disease. They examine bodies soon
after death, either Ia gaip knowledge of
the cause Of death in obscure eases. in
curOnerS' cases. or by r.-luest If friends.
and their lives Frequently il the reward.
The wound may he made by the point
of knife or ii tip of a needle. and, at
tirnes, heals up without any trouble: hut
the first unusual activity or exercise re
news the Inflammation, with absorption
OF POISONOUS material following. The
blood OF Il victim 10 blood poisoning j
found To literally swarm with micro
SCupCal organizations mentioned above, |
and the bodies of those who die of il are
found 10 decOmpose much sooner than
usual
IL seems that these organizations. which
are known under the general name of
are very active and may he taken
into the system in deCOmpoSel food Or 10y
Inhalation of impure air. The writer re
members II lecturer who demonstrated
lhi> action. He showed under the micro
scope specimen of lis blood. then Il drop
u waller out uf a glass in which had lain
for several days Il piece Of putrid meat.
The water was alive with haCteria He |
then drank the water and two days after
ward appeared, and. drawing drop ii
bloc. from his finger. showed it full of
The organisms before present in the water.
He recovered after a few days OF illness
1t was Il splendid demonstration. hut one
which few would care to undertake.
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Mr. William Saunders of the depart